Today, storytime!
Remember when eBay was still a novel idea, really fun and all sorts of stuff was being auctioned at reasonable prices?
I found a few Thomas and Star Wars items on there and I would wait to bid right in the final minutes of the auction to try to get it for the best price, without the bidding taking it out of my price range...
Only thing is, I got cocky on one of the coolest finds ever and I've never seen one again... a vintage Thomas the Tank Engine stationary set.
I'd gotten so good at bidding late in the auction, I'd started waiting until the final 5 seconds, 3 seconds, 1 second... eventually I had mastered (heh) the 0 second bid.
I guess I am a bit of a gambler, even if I say I'm not, because I bid on this really cool vintage stationary, but I insisted on trying for the legendary 0 second bid again and in doing so, I lost.
The internet slowed and seeing as the margin of error was a fraction of a second - I missed my window.
As I said before, I've never seen stationary like that again and I can't entirely remember what it looked like either. It had the old logo and maybe characters? Percy maybe? Would love to find it someday. Must be very hard to find being from the 80's or 90's.
The closest thing I've found, (no idea if it matches the stationary or not as it's been 16 or 17 years), are these pencils.
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If you're interested in attending the An Unlikely Fandom premiere,
I'm blogging the countdown to the An Unlikely Fandom premiere,
I recently started a vlog about Thomas on my YouTube as well.
You can visit the Thomas the Tank Engine Wiki by clicking here.
Also be sure to check out the Sodor Island Fansite and Sodor Island Forums,
if you're looking for more great Thomas the Tank Engine content and discussion.
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